Predictive value of sequential testing in screening for silent myocardial ischemia in asymptomatic middle-aged men (the eccis project)

Cardiology (Switzerland)

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 240-243

  Antoniucci, David ^a   Seccareccia, Fulvia ^b   Menotti, Alessandro ^c   Prati, Pier Luigi ^d   Rovelli, Fausto ^e   Fazzini, Pier Filippo ^a  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c Centro per la Lotta Contro l'Infarto   (Italy)

^d SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

201Tl scintigraphy; Myocardial ischemia; Silent

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; THALLIUM 201;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; SCINTIGRAPHY; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0029986794     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: 14219751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000177094     Document Type: Article

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